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When a blood clot formed behind the retina of his left eye in 1958, Bob Hope, then 55, hardly cut back his activities at all. Doctors feared a partial loss of sight. But Hope sprang eternal, and the danger seemed to pass-until a month ago. Now Bob has checked into San Francisco's Children's Hospital. Though the actual treatment-powerful light beams precisely focused on the eye to dissolve the clot-is only minutes long, Hope will be sidelined for about two weeks. That means he can't do his Dec. 13 TV show...
...Hopefully the next speaker will be Tom McNeely," said Gaffney. "We have a partial commitment from him." McNeely, a heavyweight boxer, once lasted three rounds against Floyd Patterson...
...issues, removal of firemen and train crew reduction. With both union representatives dissenting, the board ruled to eliminate 90 percent of the firemen's jobs. But the means of removal will not be harsh. Only 3,500 of 40,000 firemen will actually be dismissed, and they will receive partial benefits while seeking new jobs. The majority will remain in their jobs until they die, retire, quit, or are offered a comparable position by their railroad. The board also established procedures for eliminating other excess jobs on train crews, and for providing similar safeguards for most long-term employees...
...permafrost at mining or construction sites. Pointing out that massive blasting is too expensive, it offered plans for melting permafrost by solar heat trapped beneath huge sheets of plastic, and for electrifying the ground to move aside the water that makes permafrost so unreliable during partial thaws...